Give Me Liberty Ch. 10 Quiz
Approximately how much of the adult white male population in the United States could vote by 1840?
90 percent
Which was NOT an attribute of Alexis de Tocqueville's vision of democracy?
All Americans over age twenty-one ought to, Tocqueville wrote, have the right to vote.
President James Madison favored a system of national economic incentives for manufacturers, a protective tariff, a new national bank, and federal financing of roads and canals that came to be known as the
American System.
Andrew Jackson was the standard-bearer for which political party?
Democrats
A significant theme of the Monroe Doctrine was that
European powers should refrain from further colonization in the Americas.
All of the states that entered the Union after the original thirteen made property ownership a requirement of voting, at least for a time.
False
Andrew Jackson and his supporters publicly argued that the presidential election of 1824 had been determined in his favor by a corrupt bargain among some of the participants.
False
Andrew Jackson appealed to the changing voting pool because he represented those that came from generations of wealth and supported a strong federal government-controlled nation.
False
As working-class whites gained equal rights in the political arena, they grew increasingly critical of racial inequality.
False
Both John C. Calhoun and Andrew Jackson believed in states' rights to nullify federal law.
False
Despite his reputation for stubbornness, President Jackson proved timid and conciliatory during the nullification crisis and the Bank War.
False
During James Madison's presidential terms, two-party political competition completely disappeared.
False
Free blacks gained the right to vote in every state in the Union after 1800.
False
In the election of 1824, John Quincy Adams won the popular vote, but lost the electoral vote.
False
President Andrew Jackson's inauguration was a quiet affair in which a small group of close-knit friends of the new president met at the White House for a solemn, elite dinner.
False
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was renounced by President Jackson.
False
The charter for the Bank of the United States was renewed in 1811.
False
The election of 1824 resulted in Andrew Jackson being elected president that year.
False
Which of the following was NOT a trend in American democracy during the 1820s and 1830s?
Ironically, as the number of eligible voters rose, voter turnout in elections declined.
The portion of President James Monroe's 1823 annual message to Congress that asserted that the United States would oppose further efforts at colonization by European powers in the Americas, that the United States would stay out of European wars, and that European powers were not to interfere with the newly independent Latin American states is called the
Monroe Doctrine.
What was Andrew Jackson's nickname?
Old Hickory
Which of the following was NOT a significant development during the decade following Jackson's presidency?
President Van Buren shifted vast amounts of federal funds to state banks.
Which of the following questions was NOT a key focus of political controversy during the Jackson years?
Should women have the right to vote?
Which of the following was NOT a key difference between the Democrats and the Whigs during the Jackson years?
The Democrats were united in opposition to paper money; the Whigs were united in support of it.
Which was NOT part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
The children of slaves already in Missouri were to be freed at age twenty-five.
Which was NOT an element in the 1841 Dorr War?
The war's bloodshed led to the deaths of more than 246 people, and to Dorr's execution.
According to Martin Van Buren, political parties could serve to check the power of officeholders, counteract sectional divisions, and provide voters with genuine alternatives.
True
Martin Van Buren's presidency was occupied to a large degree in dealing with issues arising from the Panic of 1837.
True
Political cartoons criticizing Andrew Jackson often depicted him as a king.
True
The 1828 tariff of abominations led to the nullification crisis.
True
The 1836 Specie Circular declared that the federal government would accept only specie (gold and silver) in payment for public land.
True
The Dorr War revolved around the issue of whether propertyless white men should have the right to vote.
True
The election of 1824 injured Henry Clay's political career.
True
The leading theorist of nullification and states' rights by 1831 was the vice president of the United States.
True
The proper chronological order for presidents from 1817 forward is: Monroe, Quincy Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, and Tyler.
True
What political party was organized to oppose President Jackson?
Whigs
Which of the following did Andrew Jackson believe was associated with the outcome of the election of 1824?
a corrupt bargain
A significant element of the American System was
a national bank. tariffs on imported manufactured goods. federally sponsored internal improvements.
Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?
announcement of American System program; Missouri controversy; "Tariff of Abominations"; veto of Second Bank recharter
By 1860, most states had eliminated ____________ from their voting requirements.
property restrictions
The ruling in McCulloch v. Maryland was that
the Bank of the United States was constitutionally legal.
Which of the following was a factor in the split between Andrew Jackson and John Calhoun?
the Peggy Eaton situation
The Panic of 1819 was caused by
the land bubble bursting and the ensuing economic panic.
Which of the following was a factor in the split between Andrew Jackson and John Calhoun?
the nullification crisis
Giving a political office to someone based on party service is called
the spoils system.
When Thomas Jefferson wrote, "This momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror," he was referring to
the westward expansion of slavery.
The Era of Good Feelings was so called because
they were years of one-party government